Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Mito‐bomb: targeting mitochondria for cancer therapy

X Guo, N Yang, W Ji, H Zhang, X Dong… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer has been one of the most common life‐threatening diseases for a long time.
Traditional cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and radiotherapy (RT) …

Luminescent and photofunctional transition metal complexes: From molecular design to diagnostic and therapeutic applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
There has been emerging interest in the exploitation of the photophysical and
photochemical properties of transition metal complexes for diagnostic and therapeutic …

Supramolecular cancer nanotheranostics

J Zhou, L Rao, G Yu, TR Cook, X Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the many challenges in medicine, the treatment and cure of cancer remains an
outstanding goal given the complexity and diversity of the disease. Nanotheranostics, the …

Golgi apparatus-targeted aggregation-induced emission luminogens for effective cancer photodynamic therapy

M Liu, Y Chen, Y Guo, H Yuan, T Cui, S Yao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Golgi apparatus (GA) oxidative stress induced by in situ reactive oxygen species (ROS)
could severely damage the morphology and function of GA, which may open up an avenue …

Photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, W Liu, CS Lee… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Transition metal complexes and photodynamic therapy from a tumor-centered approach: challenges, opportunities, and highlights from the development of TLD1433

S Monro, KL Colon, H Yin, J Roque III, P Konda… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transition metal complexes are of increasing interest as photosensitizers in photodynamic
therapy (PDT) and, more recently, for photochemotherapy (PCT). In recent years, Ru (II) …

Visible-light-mediated modification and manipulation of biomacromolecules

VM Lechner, M Nappi, PJ Deneny, S Folliet… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chemically modified biomacromolecules─ ie, proteins, nucleic acids, glycans, and lipids─
have become crucial tools in chemical biology. They are extensively used not only to …

Organelle-targeted photosensitizers for precision photodynamic therapy

R Wang, X Li, J Yoon - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Subcellular organelles are the cornerstones of cells, and destroying them will cause cell
dysfunction and even death. Therefore, realizing precise organelle targeting of …

Fluorescent probes for organelle-targeted bioactive species imaging

P Gao, W Pan, N Li, B Tang - Chemical science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioactive species, including reactive oxygen species (ROS, including O2˙−, H2O2, HOCl,
1O2,˙ OH, HOBr, etc.), reactive nitrogen species (RNS, including ONOO−, NO, NO2, HNO …